Foreign Tourist Arrivals Rise 6.12% in February 2019: BPS

Jakarta: The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded a growth of 6.12 percent in the number of foreign tourist arrivals in Indonesia in February 2019, reaching 1.27 million, compared to 1.2 million in February 2018.
 
During the January-February 2019 period, 2.48 million foreign tourists had arrived in the country, an 8.19 percent rise, as compared to 2.3 million during the same period in 2018, BPS Chief Suhariyanto stated here on Monday.
 
In February 2019, Malaysian tourist arrivals had reached 275.3 thousand, up 33.67 percent than that in February 2018.

China stood second, with 200.9 thousand tourists, or a decrease of 6.31 percent, as compared to that during the corresponding period last year.
 
Singapore was placed third, with 147.9 thousand tourists, or a 17.86 percent rise.
 
Of the total foreign tourist arrivals, 731.45 thousand arrived in Indonesia aboard flights, 354.98 thousand by ships, and 184.40 thousand by means of land transportation.
 
Meanwhile, the Indonesian government has set a target of receiving 20 million foreign tourists in 2019.
 
Tourism Minister Arief Yahya noted in a recent statement that Indonesia had recorded more than 15.81 million foreign tourist arrivals last year, up 12.58 percent, as compared to 14.04 million a year earlier.
 
The tourism ministry had named five countries as the highest contributors of tourists to Indonesia last year: Malaysia, with 2.50 million, or 15.83 percent; China, with 2.14 million or 13.52 percent; Singapore, with 1.77 million or 11.19 percent; Timor Leste, with 1.76 million or 11.15 percent; and Australia, with 1.30 million or 8.23 percent.  
 
According to a report from BPS, Indonesia recorded 15.8 million foreign tourist arrivals throughout 2018. The number increased by 12.58 percent compared to the previous year.
 
The country welcomed 1.41 million foreign tourist arrivals in December 2018. It increased by 21.43 percent compared to the previous month.
 
The room occupancy rate of star classification hotels in Indonesia reached an average of 59.75 percent in December 2018. It decreased by 0.44 percentage point compared to the previous month.
(Antara)
 
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